Health and Physical Education 2023 Curriculum Review Report

Reporting to the Board of Trustees and Community of Tokoroa Central School on Programme Consultation

Purpose: Section 60B of the Education Act 1989, as amended by the Education Standards Act 2001, requires Board of Trustees to produce a written statement, following consultation with the school’s community, about how the school will implement health education at least once every two years. To consult with parents, caregivers and teachers about the health learning needs of the students at Tokoroa Central School School and to design programmes that will make a difference to their well-being.

The Key Areas of Learning in the National Curriculum Document: The Key areas of learning reflect and address the current health and physical education needs of New Zealand students:

The four relating to Health are:

Mental Health – This key area is about providing children with opportunities to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to strengthen personal identity, enhance a sense of self worth and to develop effective relationships with others.

Sexuality Education – Sexuality Education provides students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to develop positive attitudes towards sexuality, to take care of their sexual health and to enhance their interpersonal relationships now and in the future.

Food and Nutrition – Food and Nutrition education enables students to make informed decisions about food and the choices that will contribute to their own well-being and that of other people.

Body Care and Physical Safety – Learning about body care provides students with opportunities to make informed decisions about body care, to recognize hazards in the environment and to adopt safe practices in relation to these

The Consultation Process

The purpose of the consultation was to outline the programmes being delivered, how they were being delivered and to identify some of the health education needs of the students. The consultation process ran over the last 3 weeks of weeks of term 1. The school community was informed of the review through the school’s weekly newsletter, an online survey and on our school app. The community was asked the following questions: Please rate each of the following classroom teaching topics 1 = very important (must include) 2= Important (could include) 3=not important (Could omit) Eating or Good Health, Water Safety, Road Safety, Building Relationships, Body Image, Building Resilience, Physical Activity – swimming, athletics, fair play, fitness Kiwi Can – Values based programme, Keeping Safe, Exercising for good health, Body Care and Physical Safety, Outdoor Education – camps, education outside of the classroom, Cyber Bullying and Anti Bullying, Positive social skills

What are areas of health and physical well-being do you think we do well? Are you concerned about any areas of Health and Physical education currently taught in this school? Are there other issues you think we should address?

Summary of Feedback from the Consultation Process The school received 16 responses. Data from the responses:

	Very Important	Important	Not important
Eating and good health	14	2
Water Safety	13	3
Road Safety	15	1
Building Relationships	14	2
Body Image	6	5	5
Building Resilience	11	4	1
Physical activity	12	3	1
Kiwi Can	14	2
Keeping safe	13	2	1
Exercising for good health	10	4	2
Body care and physical Safety	13	3
Cyber Safety	13	3
Outdoor Education	11	6
Anti Bullying	15	1
Positive social skills	12	3	1

Other – Positive Lifestyle Choices 1

Question 2 – What areas of health and physical well-being do you think we do well?

Building Relationships
Education Outside the Classroom
Physical Activity, exercising for good health
Eating and good health, lunches are much better this year
Exercise for good health, all kids love outdoor activities
Education outside the classroom, worthwhile to students
Basketball and Netball
Eating healthy, water safety, keeping safe, exercising and anti-bullying
Have a good variety – Kiwcan, Outside (camps, trips) physical activity, water safety
Awesome with sports – Physical.
Love Garden to Table – Health
The lunches that are given daily are really good as well as the daily outdoor activities that are done outside
In all areas
Physical activities
Everything above
Outdoor activity/exercising, proper nutrition with school lunches
All

Question 3 – Are you concerned about any areas of Health and Physical Education currently taught in this school?

No
No
Body and physical safety could do with more teaching/educating and body image especially for children going to Intermediate
No
No
No
No
Kāo
No
Nothing really. School does an awesome job covering subjects:) Keep up the awesome job you do
Not sure
No concerns. My tamariki return home everyday happy with their daily routine

Are there any other issues you think we should address?

No
No
Peer pressure
Understanding others disabilities maybe and how to approach/assist if need be
No, not that I can think of, the school/teachers are doing a good job with the students and my granddaughter is happy at this school
No
Nothing so far, any problems that we’ve had have been sorted. You guys are doing AMAZING!
No
Kāo
I think the school is doing a great job
Keeping safe – people (humans are so unpredictable)
No, I think Central School has covered most issues
Bullying

The data was discussed and analyzed by Senior Management, which included the Health Curriculum Leader. The data was then discussed by the Board of Trustees and next steps identified

Discussed: Our Parents and Whanau considered the following as very important (Must Include): Eating and good health, Water Safety, Road Safety, Building Relationships, Building Resilience, Physical activity, Kiwi Can, Keeping safe, Body care and physical safety, Cyber Safety, Outdoor Education, Anti Bullying, Positive social skills

Our community has no concerns about what we are currently teaching.

Of the comments around things we should address there were 3 comments – 1 around understanding others disabilities and how to approach/assist if need be, 1 around Keeping safe – people (humans are so unpredictable) and 1 comment around bullying. All other comments felt we did not need to address anything else.

Next Steps Identified

Review the water safety element to the swimming programme

This document has been prepared by Debbie Follas on behalf of the BOT